When six-year-old Hannah heard about the new 'singles bubble' for Melbourne’s extended stage four lockdown, she asked her mother why there couldn’t be a single child bubble, too.
When six-year-old Hannah heard about the new "singles bubble" for Melbourne’s extended stage four lockdown, she asked her mother why there couldn’t be a single child bubble, too.
Hannah is in prep at Plenty Valley Christian College in Doreen. By the time term three wraps up next week, she will have spent more days in her first year of school learning at home than in the classroom.Ms Maynes is full of praise for Hannah’s teachers who have gone "above and beyond", helping Hannah fix an early problem with her pencil grip, for example.
"The year has been really disappointing for a first year of school and we have definitely worried, my husband and me, that we’re not putting in enough time; there is a thing called remote learning guilt," she said.about remote learning suggest Hannah’s parents have plenty of company regarding their concerns about the lockdown’s effect on their child’s social development.
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